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IMPORTANT YANGTSE PORT JAPANESE CAPTURE VILLAGE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE BY CHINESE (U.P.A lly Ele»*tr:? Telegraph—4 Com nithM (Received Hth March, 12.5 p.m.) SIIANGHAT, 13th March. Chinese guerrilla Lrccts attacked the Nanking regime corps patrolling the western suburbs, after which Tapanese reinforcements made a house-to-house seerch without result. The Japanese claim tire capture of a viilagt; opposite Shaynng. 25 miles from Shansi, an important YaJigtse pert, which apparently is the next objective. The Chinese riaim to have launched where it is declared floods thwarted Japanese attempts to invade Shansi. A Japanese cir raid at Loyang demolished 400 houses and caused 50 casualties.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 14 March 1939, Page 7
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